Results 10,061-10,080 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: No; it was not.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: Either the Deputy does not understand the policy or he is deliberately trying to misrepresent what it is about.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: There is no moratorium on the development of salmon farms.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: There will be no money available until the restriction is moved for any farm, be it in Galway Bay or anywhere else.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: There is no grant aid available to put infrastructure in place.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy is trying to muddy the waters for political reasons, as usual, and is trying to cause division.
- Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The problem is that the Deputy does not listen and does not want to hear the actual truth. He would much rather create division between people. I would like to reassure Members in regard to sea lice. My Department's policy on sea lice controls is strictly evidence based. The control protocols are operated by the Marine Institute on behalf of the State and are more advanced than those...
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 20 together. My response will be technical but I will give the Deputy a more direct response to supplementary questions he might have. The identification and registration of horses is governed by EU Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 of 2008. The EU legislation has been transposed into national...
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: Uncontrolled horses present an issue, as do abandoned horses. The number of horse owners has reduced dramatically in the past five years. Many people bought horses either for themselves or their children when they could afford to do so. One of the consequences of the recession is that many people can no longer afford to keep horses. In some cases, this has resulted in the abandonment of...
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: To what question?
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy never asked me those questions.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: I will respond first to Deputy Mick Wallace's point on the statement made by Dr. Thomas Reed. He is not the person who decides on policy in Ireland. However, he is correct that the database will not solve all problems. However, I never claimed it would. We are introducing a database because it is the right thing to do and we said we would do so. We want to have a handle on the numbers of...
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: All I can do-----
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: -----is stand over my record in terms of responding to a horsemeat crisis that became a European crisis that began in Ireland and I think we dealt with that in a professional, detailed and very accurate way.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The substantive issue is what?
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: Yes, it is, which is why we-----
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: For a man who is so concerned about animal welfare I do not recall one contribution he made on the Animal Health and Welfare Bill which was debated in this House for about ten hours.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy probably did not even know it was being taken.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: If the Deputy was concerned I am sure he would have made contact with me informally.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy is a bluffer on this issue and that is the reality.